DARK SECRETS: 129 - The Real Truth

Colombian government, ELN agree to start ceasefire talks

MEXICO CITY - Colombia's government and the country's last recognized guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), said Friday they had agreed to begin negotiating a ceasefire, as the two sides wrapped up a second round of peace talks in Mexico.

Bangkok Post · Mar 10, 2023

From Colombia or Haiti, migrants' long road ends in Canada

CHAMPLAIN (UNITED STATES) - For exhausted migrants, a small stretch of snow-covered road is the last step in a long journey to a new life in Canada. Some drag heavy suitcases, others carry all their worldly belongings in small plastic bags.

Bangkok Post · Mar 10, 2023

‘Simple but effective’: Colombia turns to algorithms to bolster mental health services

With resources stretched, a computer questionnaire is helping to screen people at risk from depression and alcohol abuse

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023

How Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro outfoxed the west

The repressive leader has weathered an economic crisis, sanctions and an uprising. What should the US do with him now?

Financial Times · Mar 5, 2023

Colombian oil field kidnapping ends as dozens of hostages freed

Dozens of police and oil workers taken hostage after protesters stormed a field operated by China’s Sinochem Group have been released, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said.

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2023

Accusations against relatives a blow to Colombian president

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has asked prosecutors to investigate accusations made against his brother and one of his sons that appear to go against his campaign pledges to promote peace and fight corruption

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023

79 police officers taken hostage and one killed during protest in Colombia

A police officer has been killed and 79 others taken hostage during protests in Colombia.

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2023

Colombia to relocate Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ because they won’t stop breeding

The hippos are descendants of four imported illegally by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2023

Who can house a hippo? Colombia hopes export part of Pablo Escobar's bloat

Dozens of the invasive behemoths, descended from 4 imported by the 1980s drug lord, are thriving in the region around his former ranch. Colombia wants to ship some of them to Mexico and India.

WEKU · Mar 3, 2023

British tourist killed in robbery in Colombia

According to reports in newspapers in Colombia, he went walking on the Cerro de las Tres Cruces

Wales Online · Mar 3, 2023